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18th Century Books

Books selected for readers looking for 18th century books.

37 booksApril 2, 2026

Part of 470+ tracked lists·116% reader overlap with 17th Century Books

1. The World Turned Upside Down
Christopher Hill
Fits this list for its focus on century.
Shelf signal: 18th-Century History
2. Meet the Georgians: Epic Tales From Britain’s Wildest Century
Robert Peal
Fits this list for its focus on century.
Shelf signal: Georgian Britain (1714-1837)
3. 1616
Thomas Christensen
Fits this list for its focus on century.
Shelf signal: 17th-Century History
4. Born to Be Hanged
Keith Thomson
Included for strong travel alignment with this 18th century list.
Shelf signal: 17th-Century History
5. The Regency Years
Robert Morrison
Included for strong british alignment with this 18th century list.
Shelf signal: Georgian Britain (1714-1837)
6. Black Flags, Blue Waters
Eric Jay Dolin, Paul Brion
Included for strong short story alignment with this 18th century list.
Shelf signal: 17th-Century History
7. A New World Begins
Jeremy Popkin, Jeremy D. Popkin
Included for strong history alignment with this 18th century list.
Shelf signal: 18th-Century History
8. The Anarchy
William Dalrymple
Included for strong best alignment with this 18th century list.
Shelf signal: 18th-Century History
9. The Verneys
Adrian Tinniswood
Fits this list for its focus on century.
Shelf signal: Georgian Britain (1714-1837)
10. Two Princes of Calabar
Randy J. Sparks
Fits this list for its focus on century.
Shelf signal: West African History
11. Loot
Barnaby Phillips
Included for strong british alignment with this 18th century list.
Shelf signal: African Art History
12. The Sea and Civilization
Lincoln Paine
Included for strong history alignment with this 18th century list.
Shelf signal: Maritime History
13. A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
Included for strong love alignment with this 18th century list.
Shelf signal: 20th-Century American Fiction
14. The Industrial Revolution
Laura L. Frader
Fits this list for its focus on 18th and century.
Shelf signal: 19th-Century History
15. The Barbarous Years
Bernard Bailyn, Henry Strozier
Included for strong history alignment with this 18th century list.
Shelf signal: Colonial America (to 1775)
16. The London Hanged
Peter Linebaugh
Fits this list for its focus on century.
Shelf signal: 18th-Century History
17. London Life in the 18th Century
Mary Dorothy George
Fits this list for its focus on 18th and century.
Shelf signal: Victorian Britain (1837-1901)
18. Fallen Idols
Alex von Tunzelmann
Included for strong history alignment with this 18th century list.
Shelf signal: 19th-Century History
19. The Civil Wars in Britain and Ireland
Martyn Bennett
Fits this list for its focus on 18th and century.
Shelf signal: 18th-Century History
20. Every Valley
Charles King
Fits this list for its focus on century.
Shelf signal: 18th-Century History
21. Pride and Pleasure
Amanda Vaill
Included for strong american alignment with this 18th century list.
Shelf signal: 19th-Century America
22. Fractured Europe
D. J. Sturdy, David Sturdy
Fits this list for its focus on 18th and century.
Shelf signal: 18th-Century History
23. Hero of Two Worlds
Mike Duncan, PublicAffairs
Included for strong american alignment with this 18th century list.
Shelf signal: Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
24. The Pirate King
Sean Kingsley, Rex Cowan
Included for strong high alignment with this 18th century list.
Shelf signal: 17th-Century History